[gammarator]

> But 50% of NASA's science funding is gone.

The proposed cuts to science are catastrophic, but there’s still time to call your Congressperson.

https://aas.org/posts/news/2025/05/week-of-action

[Mistletoe]

I remember writing to my red congressman once and they wrote back telling me how wrong I was. Democracy felt different after that.

[Animats]

Supposedly, the Senate Launch System boondoggle is being killed, but not until 2027, by which time the Artemis III moon landing is supposed to happen. Since Artemis II (manned flight around the moon) has been delayed again, that's unlikely.

Ninth Space-X Starship/Super Heavy launch some time this month.

[sph]

> Senate Launch System

Where can I contribute to put all the senators in a spaceship and yeet them into outer space?

[potato3732842]

I propose we just yeet one of them and see if the rest clean up their act.

[LastMuel]

Is there something to suggest that they would actually be good at their jobs if they were to be better motivated? I’m not seeing it.

[thejazzman]

They've done wilder things to stay in office

[Rooster61]

They need to be yeeted pretty far out. There is already enough garbage orbiting the Earth as it is

[kjkjadksj]

The ones who would have actually put the brakes on this are already trying to do that without your call. The ones who don’t care will ignore your call. Tellingly everything has fallen on party lines aside from maybe 1 or 2 republicans who realize they can deviate and save a little shame but never enough of them to affect the overall vote.